Saturday, September 02, 2006

Riddle Me This

"Carnival Trick"

A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."

The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less.

In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?


If you think you know the solution, post it in the comments section. I will post the answer in 24 hour's time.

7 comments:

Liz said...

Aaah to take everything literally.

Sara said...

Either the guy can't physically write it down or he is illiterate.

Anonymous said...

he wrote "your exact weight" on the paper!

Sara said...

hmmm so in my mind the guy had no hands. and becky pointed that out to me that is depressing for a riddle. she is probably right.

Torrey said...

Becky Berry, that is correct.

Anonymous said...

i love riddles!!

Liz said...

becky berry for president!